Urban Martial Saint

”No problem!” Ye Qing replied decisively, knowing that Huangfu Ziyu might seem ruthless, but she had actually never harmed him. Therefore, Ye Qing was not particularly wary of her and readily agreed, prioritizing Black Bear’s rescue.

”Very well!” Huangfu Ziyu said with a light smile, ”That’s the first matter, what is the second?”

Ye Qing said, ”I want you to help me investigate Uncle Tie’s cause of death. I need to know, who exactly killed Uncle Tie!”

”No problem, however, this too, comes with a cost,” Huangfu Ziyu smiled, ”Including the previous one, you now owe me two debts. Ye Qing, are you sure you want me to investigate this for you?”

”Certain!” Ye Qing replied firmly, ”I must know who killed Uncle Tie!”

”Alright, I’ll help you investigate!” said Huangfu Ziyu, ”But I also want a promise from you. By helping you with these two things, you’ll have to do two things for me in the future. That’s the price!”

”Okay!” Ye Qing responded crisply.

”Hehe...” Huangfu Ziyu chuckled softly, ”Ye Qing, you answer so promptly, aren’t you afraid I’ll ask you to do something you don’t want to do?”

”Right now, all I want is to protect them and find out the cause of Uncle Tie’s death!” Ye Qing said gravely, ”Everything else is no longer important to me!”

”It looks like Elder Senior Tie really didn’t misjudge you,” Huangfu Ziyu said with some emotion, then directly asked for the location of Black Bear and his group, and went off to work on handling Black Bear’s situation first.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Qing stood by the car for a moment in hesitation before taking out his mobile phone again to call Lin Mengjie, telling her to immediately take everyone left to hide out in the teahouse.

Lin Mengjie was quite surprised by Ye Qing’s sudden decision; at the moment, she was managing the business at the Southern Suburbs Dogfight Arena, and they were just beginning to make money that evening. Ye Qing abruptly asked her to go into hiding – were they no longer interested in making money? Moreover, other people were busy at different venues. Gathering everyone at this time would surely affect the business of those venues.

”Big Brother Ye, what exactly happened? Is it really that urgent?” Lin Mengjie asked in astonishment, ”Gathering everyone right now will likely disrupt operations at our few venues. These days, the Tianqing Gang and Fu Bang have been keeping tabs on us, at this time, you see...”

”Stop talking and gather everyone immediately!” Ye Qing interjected and then firmly commanded, ”We can give up on the venues for now, and take cover first. Also, go find the Ghost-faced Judge and tell him it’s a favor I’m asking of him!”

Seeing how urgent Ye Qing was, Lin Mengjie didn’t ask any further questions and promptly ended the call to carry out the task. Ye Qing held his phone, contemplated for a bit, then dialed a number he hadn’t called for a long time, Mu Qingrong’s number.

Since Ye Qing had left the company, contact between him and Mu Qingrong had significantly decreased. Whenever they met, it was always a rushed departure. Nonetheless, in Ye Qing’s heart, Mu Qingrong, the strong-willed and stubborn businesswoman, was still very important.

Upon receiving Ye Qing’s call, Mu Qingrong was clearly surprised and somewhat delighted. However, Ye Qing didn’t have the time to chat and simply instructed her to stay at the Lin family’s home without wandering around.

After finishing the call with Mu Qingrong, Ye Qing then contacted Lin Huayu to take care of welcoming Mu Qingrong. He then arranged for Zhao Chengshuang to bring Wang Tiezhu over to stay with the Zhao Family.

Once he had made sure everyone was settled, Ye Qing felt somewhat relieved. He knew that this time, the trouble was aimed directly at him. The person plotting behind the scenes dared to kill Tie Yongwen and to bomb an orphanage; what else wouldn’t he dare to do? Therefore, Ye Qing’s priority was to ensure the safety of his friends and brothers so he could calmly proceed with the investigation.

With everything in place, Ye Qing put away his phone, tightened his shoelaces, and reentered the Xingyi Martial Arts School. Chaos reigned inside the school, with the death of Tie Yongwen throwing everyone associated with the Xingyi School into disarray.

Those inside the martial arts school had previously been knocked out, and they were only now being woken up and revived, mostly still dazed and unaware of what had happened. Wu Xinghuai had also been knocked out and was now in the main hall, where Xiang Yunpeng was questioning him.

”You were all knocked out without even seeing what the assailants looked like?” Xiang Yunpeng roared, slamming his palm on a nearby table, ”What are all of you good for? So many of you, and you didn’t even catch a glimpse of them? What about their heads? Tall or short, fat or thin? Could you at least see that?”

The few people standing with Wu Xinghuai looked at each other, all shaking their heads.

Wu Xinghuai said in a low voice, ”Second Senior Uncle, we really didn’t see anything. The opponent’s skills were far too good; we fainted after one blow and didn’t realize what had happened!”

”Trash! A bunch of trash!” Xiang Yunpeng cursed, his shouting filling the hall where many were kneeling in tears before two corpses, utterly disordered.

”The surnamed Ye has come in, the surnamed Ye has come in!” Ding Shaoyan suddenly started shouting loudly, and all eyes in the room immediately focused on Ye Qing.

”Ye Qing, where did you go just now?” Xiang Yunpeng asked sternly, as Ye Qing’s earlier actions had raised suspicions among the crowd.

Ye Qing replied, ”I went to verify something!”

”What thing?” Xiang Yunpeng asked.

Ye Qing looked at the handgun on the table and said in a deep voice, ”Take a look, is this the gun that was in my car?”

”What?”

”Your gun?”

”You also keep a gun in your car?”

”This gun is yours?”

Everyone in the room immediately turned their heads to look at Ye Qing, with a look of shock on their faces. The matter of the gun was really sensitive now.

”I snatched a gun from Ding Changsheng and always kept it in my car, exactly like this one.” Ye Qing looked at the gun on the table and said, ”I just went to check my car, and the gun is now gone.”

Everyone’s expression changed, and Xiang Yunpeng stared at Ye Qing, demanding, ”What do you mean by this?”

Ye Qing sighed and said, ”This gun looks exactly like the one from my car!”

”You’re going round and round, just to tell us the gun is your property, aren’t you?” Ding Shaoyan immediately perked up and said, ”Ye, after all that has happened, are you still trying to fool us with these lies? You snatched this gun, it has been in your hands the whole time, and now this gun has killed Grandpa Tie and Great Master Uncle. Do you dare to say this has nothing to do with you?”

All eyes were fixed on Ye Qing, and the death of Tie Yongwen had everyone in the room in an extremely agitated and angry state. Now, anyone who might be the murderer was their enemy, including Ye Qing!

Ye Qing said gravely, ”Although the gun is mine, I truly have no idea how it got here. I think someone is deliberately framing me!”

”Bullshit, who the hell is so full to go out of their way to frame you?” Ding Shaoyan shouted, ”Ye Qing, if the gun was snatched by you and placed in your car, who has the ability to take the gun from you? You are a Special Forces veteran, you would notice if someone touched your belongings. Such an important thing as a gun and you didn’t notice it missing? Who are you trying to deceive, Ye Qing?”

His words made everyone in the room look even colder. Xiang Yunpeng, staring at Ye Qing, said fiercely, ”Ye Qing, I know what you’re capable of. Who can take something from under your nose? You need to give me an explanation for this!”

”Second Senior Uncle, what more of an explanation is needed now?” Ding Shaoyan said loudly, ”Clearly, it was Ye Qing who took the gun and killed Grandpa Tie and Great Master Uncle. He is the murderer!”

The looks in everyone’s eyes grew colder as they gazed at Ye Qing, with several people even stepping towards him, ready to strike at any moment.

Ye Qing frowned slightly and said, ”I am telling the truth, I really don’t know how this gun was taken. Senior Brother Xiang, I can’t give you any explanation. I only say one thing, Uncle Tie has been extremely kind to me, and even if I were the most ungrateful person, there’s absolutely no reason for me to kill him!”

His words made Xiang Yunpeng nod slightly. To be honest, he also truly could not find any reason for Ye Qing to kill Tie Yongwen. However, the issue with the gun really made him conflicted. The gun was Ye Qing’s, and now it had killed Tie Yongwen and Gao Shusen, making Ye Qing a prime suspect. If someone was setting Ye Qing up, then who had the ability to take the gun from Ye Qing?

Ding Shaoyan said loudly, ”What reason or no reason, you’re just talking nonsense. Ye Qing, I ask you, who has the ability to take this gun from you?”

”Yeah, Ye Qing, tell us, who has the ability to take this gun from you?” Another man demanded in a stern voice, clearly suspecting Ye Qing.

”Give us an explanation!”

”What more explanation is needed, it’s clear he’s the one who did it!”

”Don’t let him explain, since it’s his gun, let him pay with his life!”

The crowd started to clamor, gradually closing in on Ye Qing, their momentum ferocious as if they were ready to strike at him at any moment.

Ye Qing slowly backed away. In fact, with his skills, escaping from this place wouldn’t be difficult. However, this matter involved the deaths of Tie Yongwen and Gao Shusen, so he wouldn’t run away. If he did, the accusation would indeed be impossible to shake off!

Just as the crowd closed in, Xiang Yunpeng, who had been sitting at the edge of the table, suddenly stood up, stepped in front of Ye Qing, and said in a stern voice, ”Everyone, don’t be impulsive. I believe Ye Qing’s words. Master was so good to him, he really has no reason to kill Master. Let us not be deceived, we should search carefully; perhaps there are other clues!”

After the deaths of Tie Yongwen and Gao Shusen, Xiang Yunpeng became the highest-ranked pers letterSpacing below baseline=”0” fontSize=”12” alignment=”justified”on at the Xingyi School. Since he had spoken, the others stopped their aggressive advance and began to scatter to continue the investigation.

”Who said Ye Qing had no reason to kill my father?” Suddenly, a sharp, angry voice came from the doorway; it was Tie Weihua leading a group of people in.